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Country Life for Friday 15 December 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 8 December 2023
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  • Still farming, just doing it differently

    rural Manawatu
    Lance Gillespie with chicken trailer and resident chook

    3:25 PM.Country Life meets former dairy farmer Lance Gillespie, who's launching a kiwi style chicken trailer. Pasture-raised egg production fits with his interest in regenerative farming practices and… Read more Video, Audio

  • Dig your own veges: Bring a fork, bucket and gumboots

    rural
    Cam Booker

    11:05 AM.Cam Booker is hoping a good crowd will turn up on Christmas eve to dig their own spuds and pick peas at his market garden in Sefton. Read more Audio

  • 'Welcome to the top of the world' at Blue Duck Station

    conservation rural
    Dan Steele at the start of Blue Duck Station, an hours drive inland from Owhango.

    1:40 PM.Country Life goes on the trail of the elusive whio at Blue Duck Station while learning about the efforts to conserve the history and preserve biodiversity. Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

    rural farming
    Back to the paddock

    7:07 PM.The soggy ground has put East Coast arable farmers behind schedule. Only about half this season's maize crop has been planted. Also, the Big Feed Rural Telethon has raised more than 639-thousand mince… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 15 December 2023

    rural farming
    Dan's dogs Bruce and Jinx came along for the adventure with Country Life.

    7:06 PM.This week Country Life heads to a chicken trailer in the middle of a paddock which is producing eggs and helping the soil and goes on the trail of the elusive whio at Blue Duck Station. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 8 December 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 22 December 2023
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